The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
Observers Observations.

Observers Observations.
Farmers are doing considerable fall plow-
ing.
Sam Orr has lost the second horse of the
season.
Winter, wheat looks the best it has for
many years,
Corn threshers are at work, but the turn
out is very light.
viii Lees new boy that put in an appear
ance last week is dead.
Beef was sold in Kalamazoo last week for
three dollars per quarter.
Cady Van Week has been down with the
rheumatism but is now better
John Scott has brand new boy which is
as smart as whip, and Johnnie is happy.
The farmer has his falls work done, and
the hired men have returned to their mas.
Miss Allie Bradley, one of the doctors
girls, is married-got man and lives in
Chicago
Hog killing has commenced and the melts
say the fore part of the winter will be the
most severe.
l. A. Whitman and wife were out to our
country home and made us nice visit one
day last week.
James S., the Dauntless stallion, has been
| taken to Battle Creek by J. w. Lucas, one
of his joint owners.
They say that when Alf. Ingraham heard
| that his pension had been allowed great big
happy tears rolled down his cheeks.
! The boys are bagging a good many rab-
bits and other game nowadays. 1t is said
| the rabbits are quite numerous this fall
Philo Forsyth, who went to California
two or three years ago with only 1000, can
now take $4,000 for his share of this worlds
goods.
The fat stock show commenced in Chicago
on the Sth inst, and lasts ten days. If You
want to see good show attend. as il will
well pay you.
Philip Sherrod is tired of city life and will
move back onto his farm. Phil, you are
quite sensible; farmer looks about as we'll
in town as male bovine does in a toy shop.
Jim Scram has taken Jim Lane to winter
and . Jog The two Jims can be seen most
any fine morning on our streets taking their
morning exercise. They make very good
looking pair.
! She had an upper set of teeth made which
were very fine. After day or two she re.
turned them and ordered the front ones to
be filled with gold. They were filled and she
now wears them happily and smilingly
"She' lives in Paw Paw.
Wilson Lee is bound to get rich He is
drawing wood from his place to Lawton with
one horse and selling il for Sl.75 per cord.
He makes two trips day and draws cord
TO load, and yet with all his enterprise be
does not take the NoRTHERNER.
Mrs. G. Hogmire was out and made us 2
visit last week. We think Mrs. c.. is one OF
the most sensible widows in the country for
when these marrying widowers come around
and want to take care of her through life, she
gently tells them she IS perfectly competent
and able to take care of herself.
Chas. Z. GaIligan has bought the Babcock
barns and will repair them for business
Mr.. Babcock will occupy the large barn until
April and then Mr.. Pomeroy, the broncho
man, takes it for general horse, broncho
and sale stable. Jim Scram is now occupy
ing the east barn, where he is wintering
some trotters.
a while ago the Little Red Rose" of the
Paw Paw, and the "Tall Sycamore of the
through the columns of the Courier. Last
week, after seeing the error of his ways, the
"Tall Sycamore kindly took it back and We
have freely forgiven him. but not so with the
g Little Red Rose
One of our counter-jumpers went up TO
see his girl one Sunday evening not long
since. and as they started out for little walk,
her favorite kitten followed and hid in the
grass just ahead of them. He was cunning,
he picked up a club and killed it, which
brought cold wave over the fair maidens
heart and he kills her kittens no more.
An old farmer took dinner at the Dyckman
house the other day, and when he came out
he remarked that thirteen kinds of meat,
nine kinds of pastry, and vegetables in proper
tion, was enough to kill anybody, and that it
was no wonder so many city people were
killed by over eating, while a plain farmer
was never known to die from such cause.
It was Wilkes that trotted the fastest
mile of the season; 1t was Wilkes that wiped
out the three-year-old record, getting there
in 2.1S; it was Wilkes Though dead that
put nine in the 2.30 class this season. beat
ing every stallion in the United States, living
or dead; save one-Happy Medium. The
records show that it takes an awful live horse
to ever, head a dead Wilkes-So IL docs